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title: "Build humane, effective engineering organizations"
description: "Engineering leadership blog by Jade Rubick"
url: "https://www.rubick.com/4/"
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## Recent posts

[![Macho leadership and bro culture](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/macho.BUKVOXCj_2trMsh.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/macho-leadership-and-bro-culture/)

### [Macho leadership and bro culture](https://www.rubick.com/macho-leadership-and-bro-culture/)

June 26, 2024

[#communication](https://www.rubick.com/tags/communication/) [#leadership](https://www.rubick.com/tags/leadership/) [#company-culture](https://www.rubick.com/tags/company-culture/) [#diversity-equity-and-inclusion](https://www.rubick.com/tags/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/)

[![Managing a bottleneck team](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/bottleneck.r2F8yH7Z_9dpFf.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/bottleneck-team/)

### [Managing a bottleneck team](https://www.rubick.com/bottleneck-team/)

June 2, 2024

[#platform-engineering](https://www.rubick.com/tags/platform-engineering/) [#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#scaling](https://www.rubick.com/tags/scaling/) [#architecture](https://www.rubick.com/tags/architecture/) [#org-design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/org-design/)

[![The danger of fan out work](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/fan.D1aPl-rs_Z1Vq9ma.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/fan-out-work/)

### [The danger of fan out work](https://www.rubick.com/fan-out-work/)

May 30, 2024

[#platform-engineering](https://www.rubick.com/tags/platform-engineering/) [#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#scaling](https://www.rubick.com/tags/scaling/) [#complexity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/complexity/) [#architecture](https://www.rubick.com/tags/architecture/)

[![Strategy pitfalls (on the Level Up podcast)](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/podcast.D-2mzZD0_hKiAN.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/product-strategy-podcast/)

### [Strategy pitfalls (on the Level Up podcast)](https://www.rubick.com/product-strategy-podcast/)

May 29, 2024

[#podcast](https://www.rubick.com/tags/podcast/) [#product-management](https://www.rubick.com/tags/product-management/) [#goal-setting](https://www.rubick.com/tags/goal-setting/)

[![Evil staging and gauntlet programs, tools to increase your software reliability](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/evil-staging-dalle.BEqHHt2__bSpSm.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/evil-staging-gauntlet-programs/)

### [Evil staging and gauntlet programs, tools to increase your software reliability](https://www.rubick.com/evil-staging-gauntlet-programs/)

April 4, 2024

[#platform-engineering](https://www.rubick.com/tags/platform-engineering/) [#software-design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/software-design/) [#standards](https://www.rubick.com/tags/standards/) [#reliability](https://www.rubick.com/tags/reliability/)

[![The dangers of unreliable platforms (on the SRE Path podcast)](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/podcast.DjlE3PDf_2gJvCD.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/interview-sre-path/)

### [The dangers of unreliable platforms (on the SRE Path podcast)](https://www.rubick.com/interview-sre-path/)

March 18, 2024

[#podcast](https://www.rubick.com/tags/podcast/) [#platform-engineering](https://www.rubick.com/tags/platform-engineering/) [#platform](https://www.rubick.com/tags/platform/)

[![Velocity role 4 - the Nowist](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/nowist.BsaD-SJo_QL7Ay.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/velocity-role-nowist/)

### [Velocity role 4 - the Nowist](https://www.rubick.com/velocity-role-nowist/)

January 25, 2024

[#velocity-roles](https://www.rubick.com/tags/velocity-roles/) [#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#velocity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/velocity/) [#goal-setting](https://www.rubick.com/tags/goal-setting/)

[![Velocity role 3 - the Dodger](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/dodger.eL_m-ERj_Z13CnPi.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/velocity-role-dodger/)

### [Velocity role 3 - the Dodger](https://www.rubick.com/velocity-role-dodger/)

January 24, 2024

[#velocity-roles](https://www.rubick.com/tags/velocity-roles/) [#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#velocity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/velocity/)

[![Velocity role 2 - the Mole](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/mole.BPhaSU1Z_1RxoTN.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/velocity-role-mole/)

### [Velocity role 2 - the Mole](https://www.rubick.com/velocity-role-mole/)

January 23, 2024

[#velocity-roles](https://www.rubick.com/tags/velocity-roles/) [#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#velocity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/velocity/) [#information-flow](https://www.rubick.com/tags/information-flow/) [#communication](https://www.rubick.com/tags/communication/)

[![Velocity role 1 - the Subtractionist](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/subtractionist.C7LKEhtX_Z1qs2IH.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/velocity-role-subtractionist/)

### [Velocity role 1 - the Subtractionist](https://www.rubick.com/velocity-role-subtractionist/)

January 22, 2024

[#velocity-roles](https://www.rubick.com/tags/velocity-roles/) [#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#velocity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/velocity/) [#prioritization](https://www.rubick.com/tags/prioritization/) [#goal-setting](https://www.rubick.com/tags/goal-setting/) [#okrs](https://www.rubick.com/tags/okrs/)

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